The 2014 Lok Sabha elections is the talk of the nation, where people in tea stalls, corporate offices, bus stops etc have an opinion of their own. This election is considered to be the most crucial election of all time. The 2014 elections is receiving an extraordinary hype, but the good part is that the general public is aware and interested in politics, and are ready to contribute and cast their votes.

The vote
percentage is surely going to improve in these elections.
Undoubtedly, media has played an important role in achieving this
awareness. Social media especially Twitter and Facebook are loaded
with hashtags about politics and politicians. The youth of the nation
have gained more knowledge of politics than perhaps their
counterparts in the previous LS elections. Finally, the days have
arrived. The polling has started and India will get a new Prime
Minister (since Dr. Manmohan Singh has announced his retirement)
soon.

Last year has
been loaded with election updates, arrival of a new party which soon
got loads of followers but eventually it is fair to conclude that the
competition remains between two ideologies. Both the BJP and Congress
(or the NDA and the UPA) have their own set of devotees and followers
who vote for them.

In
Focus

But, who brings
the change? Who changes the government? I think it is the floating
voters viz the people who think before voting and who choose their
candidates based on their performance and credibility. These are the
voters, which decide the fate of the candidate and eventually the
government and thus the political parties try to woo these voters on
their side in their political manifestos.

It can be easily
concluded that India is still not ready for a triangular competition
(no matter how hard AAP and the third front try to make it). So as an
educated and aware voter isn?t it our responsibility that we make a
stable government? Just because we favour the ideologies of a
particular party, who is highly unlikely to form a government on its
own and who ?claims? that it will not take support of a national
party, should we vote for the party and waste our vote?

I will be direct
after this point. Yes, I am talking about the Aam Aadmi Party. By far
the reader would?ve understood the fact that I?m a critic of Mr.
Kejriwal and his political party, but I will not denote this passage
on criticizing him. Rather I would like to talk to his followers and
supporters. AAP has fielded its candidates for nearly 130 seats. Now,
we can broadly divide the case of AAP in two cases:

1.
AAP wins less than 50 seats ? I think this is a highly probable
case. If we consider that AAP wins 50 seats, will it make any change
in the government considering the situation that it will sit in
opposition? AAP is a party, which has predominantly been against both
the national parties and since its seats are so few, I don?t think
it will even be able to oppose bills and AAP?s presence in the Lok
Sabha would only be a waste and thus the people who voted, hoping for
a ?change? would be disappointed.

2.
AAP wins close to 100 seats ? This scenario is quite unlikely but
since we are taking a neutral stand we consider the case. If AAP wins
close to 100 seats I am sure that the party getting the highest
number of seats would like to include them and form the government.
However if Kejriwal agrees to it (seeking janta?s opinion as he
often does in critical conditions) then he would be like what Mamata
Banerjee was to UPA-2. He would try to control the government and
would eventually withdraw its support if things don?t go as
planned. Do the people of India want that?? Don?t they like to see
a stable government who controls its allies instead of the other way
round??

Thus, we can see
that no matter how much you like AAP and Kejriwal, majority of you
would be disappointed as he will not be able to make any substantial
change even if it performs exceedingly well in the Lok Sabha
elections.

Another aspect
that should be kept in mind is the fact that this is not an assembly
election. We are not selecting a government for our state. This is a
national affair and national parties have to be given priority over
state parties in national elections. A fact that most of us don?t
understand. You may choose Samajwadi Party or a JDU in assembly
polls. But what is the point? Will Nitish Kumar or Mulayam Singh
become the PM?? No! Then why should we waste our vote on them? Same
can be said about Mamata or Jayalalitha.

As an aware and
a rational man, I would appeal to the people of this country to vote
for the candidates of national parties as far as possible. If those
are not deserving then go for the candidate of your choice. Make your
vote count and help India achieve a stable government. In this way,
our Parliament can function properly. Government would be able to
take firm decisions, which will take India forward and we will move
ahead in the next five years. Hoping for the best.

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